Happy Weekend!

Hi all, and happy weekend.
Still busy here!! Trying to get everything made for the shops, wedding stuff, and getting ready to host Easter brunch!!
The weather is still quite crazy here. We are getting a storm from Alaska, and it's so cold for this time of year. Only in the 50's today.
Anyway, I hope you are all well, and planning a great weekend.
The picture is of 2 pretty antique picture frames I found not long ago at a flea market. Flea market/Garage sale season is here. Yay for that!!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Nests and Eggs

Hi all,
So sorry I haven't had any bloggy time lately.
Extremely busy!! Getting so many orders, can hardly keep up.
Easter, crowns and weddings keeping me on my toes for sure.
Hope you are enjoying Spring so far. We haven't had much Springtime weather yet.
Still kind of dreary and cool. Glad Easter is late this year.
I haven't even had the chance to get my backyard ready for Easter brunch yet. As soon as the sun warms it up and dries it out I will be ready to clean up winter and plant some new flowers.
Heading out to the Ventura Flea Market tomorrow.
Must get back to work now, I have 21 crowns to make.
Chat soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Easter Baskets

Hi all,
Hope you had a nice weekend.
I was busy making Easter Baskets for the Agoura Antique Mart.
I can't believe that it's now Daylight Savings and Spring will be arriving this coming weekend, not to mention that St Patrick's Day is Thursday. Where does the time go?
I made the twig Easter baskets kind of like my twig crowns. They are a lot of work, but worth the effort. The small baskets are a lot of fun to make and are great to fill up with candy eggs, or one big dyed egg, or jelly beans. They make great place cards or favors for your Easter table.
Well I had better get back to work.
Enjoy your week. Happy St Pat's Day!
Chat soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Working On These

Hi all,
Hope you had a nice weekend!!
I have been busy making things for Spring and Easter.
I think the weather is starting to feel like Spring around here.
I have been really busy lately (don't I always say that)? I'm sure you are all very busy too.
I'm making things for several shops, custom orders and I'm doing a wedding.
I want to do some projects around my house as well.
Other than that, I have nothing to do. I hope you all have a great week!!
Talk to you soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Party Hat Give Away!

Hi all,
My daughter's friend Janice has a great website for moms. It's called mommawords.
Go to www.mommawords.com for a party hat give away. Party hats made by me.
I'm still here working on crowns, vintage jars, wedding stuff, banners, etc.
I'm checking your blogs when I can.
The new cottage of the month is up on Jennifer's site The Old Painted Cottage so check that out if you have time. The house is in Virginia and it's beautiful.
Anyway, I thought you might like to see Janice's site and try to win a couple of my party hats.
Enjoy!! I am posting a button to her site on my sidebar. Hope it works if not just google her site.
Thanks!!
Have a great day!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Getting Organized!!

For the last two days I have been cleaning, sorting and throwing away. I couldn't make another crown until this studio was reorganized. How do we get so many supplies, pieces of paper, ribbon and doodads?? Three giant trash bags later, I am happy to say I can start working again. Every drawer, shelf, cupboard, every nook and cranny have been dealt with. It's one of those projects we tend to put off but when it's finished we are so glad that we did it.
I need to start working on more twig crowns and I really hate to make a mess again, but that's the way it goes.
I hope you are planning a fun weekend. It's raining here and is suppose to rain all weekend. It's actually kind of nice for a change as we have had a very warm and sunny several weeks.
Enjoy whatever you do.
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Twig Crazy!

Hi all,
Hope you have had a good week so far and are looking forward to the weekend.
I have been working on twig crowns and lampshades this week. I collect the twigs that fall on the ground from my birch tree. It's been really windy so no problem having enough twigs. These crowns and lampshades are time consuming, but so worth the effort. I call them my woodland crowns. They are putting me in the mood for Spring. I think it's right around the corner, as we already have a lot of plants and trees with blossoms.
When I picture going into the woods in a fairy tale these crowns are what I think of.
They are heading out to The Agoura Antique Mart tomorrow.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and a very Happy Valentine's Day!!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary